Sept. 3, 2024, 11:24 a.m.

Occupants strike at Kherson community: one killed and one wounded

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Photo: Intent / Leonid Gromov

Photo: Intent / Leonid Gromov

On September 3, a person was killed and another wounded in the Kherson territorial community as a result of the Russian shelling of Sadove - an investigation has been launched.

This was reported by the press service of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office.

The post says that under the procedural guidance of the Kherson District Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation was launched into the violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

According to the investigation, on September 3, 2024, at about 09:10, the enemy fired on Sadove in the Kherson district. As a result of the attack, a 67-year-old man was killed, his wife sustained an explosive injury and shrapnel wounds. Both were in the house at the time of the attack. Prosecutors, in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, are documenting the consequences of the war crime of the aggressor state.

Also on the morning of September 3, the Russian armed forces dropped explosives from a UAV on a street in Kizomys, Kherson district. The attack killed a 45-year-old man who was riding a bicycle. A 76-year-old local woman was also injured by an enemy drone in Antonivka. She suffered an explosive injury and traumatic amputation of her leg. At about 3:20 a.m., the Russian army conducted a combined shelling of Kherson with cannon artillery and MLRS, hitting an apartment building. A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured. The child was injured around 4:00 when Russian terrorists attacked the central district of Kherson. She was hospitalized. The girl has a contusion, closed head and explosive trauma, shrapnel wounds to the chest and both arms, and a pneumothorax. All the wounded are being provided with the necessary medical care.

Earlier it was reported that the Kherson city territorial community was shelled by Russian occupation forces 8 times between 6:00 a.m. on September 1 and 6:00 a.m. on September 2. Damage was recorded in Kherson, Blahovishchenske, and Pryozerne. In particular, 20 private houses, 9 multi-storey buildings, a school, a kindergarten, a university, a bank, a health center, and a car were damaged.

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